About the day » Friday March 28, 1873Calender converter

• Anna Cornelia Clarijs, Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1873)
• Adriaan van der Pluijm, Dussen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1950)
• Adrianus Mooij, Gorinchem, Gemeente Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1941)
• Adriana Mertens, Axel Nederland († 1873)
• Aaltje Keij, Tricht
• Alphonsus Van Dessel, Antwerpen, België
• Adrianus van der Pluijm, Hank, Altena, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1950)
• van Randwijk, Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Joachimsthal, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Albert William Shipway, Milang, South Australia, Australia († 1948)

• Aaltje van de Biezen (71), Wullenhoven, Nijkerk
• Adriaan Luteijn (59), Breskens
• Zuiderweg (0), Oude Pekela, Groningen, Nederland
• Aaltje Mensing (56), Zuidlaren (Drenthe)
• Aaltje Van Klaveren (0), Koudekerk aan den Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaldrik Dijkema (4), Woltersum, Groningen, Nederland
• Albert Huisingh (78), Wedde (gem. Westerwolde)
• Aaldrik Dijkema (4), Woltersum
• Anna Catharina SEGERS (74), Grembergen,9200,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Albert Sakes Hoogema (79), Oosterwierum

• 1862 » Aristide Briand, French politician, Prime Minister of France, Nobel Prize laureate († 1932)
• 1866 » Jimmy Ross, Scottish footballer († 1902)
• 1868 » Maxim Gorky, Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright († 1936)
• 1871 » Willem Mengelberg, Dutch-Swiss conductor († 1951)
• 1873 » John Geiger, American rower († 1956)
• 1878 » Abraham Walkowitz, Russian-American painter († 1965)
• 1879 » Terence MacSwiney, Irish republican politician and hunger striker; Lord Mayor of Cork († 1920)
• 1881 » Martin Sheridan, Irish-American discus thrower and jumper († 1918)
• 1884 » Angelos Sikelianos, Greek poet and playwright († 1951)
• 1886 » Gustave Mesny, French general († 1945)

• 1865 » Petrus Hofman Peerlkamp, Dutch scholar and critic (b. 1786)
• 1866 » Solomon Foot, American lawyer and politician (b. 1802)
• 1868 » James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan, English lieutenant and politician (b. 1797)
• 1870 » George Henry Thomas, American general (b. 1816)
• 1874 » Peter Andreas Hansen, Danish-German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1795)
• 1881 » Modest Mussorgsky, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1839)
• 1893 » Edmund Kirby Smith, American general (b. 1824)
• 1900 » Piet Joubert, South African soldier and politician (b. 1831 or 1834)
• 1910 » Édouard Colonne, French violinist and conductor (b. 1838)
• 1917 » Albert Pinkham Ryder, American painter (b. 1847)

• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
• The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
• March 10 » The first Azerbaijani play "The Adventures of the Vizier of the Khan of Lenkaran" prepared by Akhundov was performed by Hassan-bey Zardabi and dramatist and Najaf-bey Vezirov.
• April 4 » The Kennel Club is founded, the oldest and first official registry of purebred dogs in the world.
• May 20 » Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets.
• July 1 » Prince Edward Island joins into Canadian Confederation.
• October 3 » Chief Kintpuash and companions are hanged for their part in the Modoc War of northern California.
• October 9 » A meeting at the U.S. Naval Academy establishes the U.S. Naval Institute.

The temperature on March 28, 1873 was about 17.3 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 41%.